Special officer of coop.society is a Public authority and writ will lie against

Court : Supreme court

Brief : The Special Officer is appointed under
the provisions of the Act and as such he is a statutory Officer and,
therefore, he should be regarded as a public authority. Apart from that
Art. 226 of the Constitution is not confined to issue of writ only to a
public authority, the bar extends also to issue directions to any person.
In our opinion, in a case where the Cooperative Society is under the
control of a Special Officer, a writ would lie